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LGBT) People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Submitted for consideration at the 121st Session of the Human Rights Committee October 2017 Submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee by: - Mouvement pour la promotion du respect et égalité des droits et santé (MOPREDS) - Jeunialissime - Oasis Club Kinshasa - Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko - Mouvement pour les libertés individuelles (MOLI) - Synergía - Initiatives for Human Rights 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 3 II. BACKGROUND, CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ........................................... 5 III. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ...................................................................................... 8 A. State-led violence, arbitrary detentions, sexual violence and other attacks ..............................8 1. Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ......................................... 8 2. Arbitrary detentions and extortion by State officials ................................................................... 8 3. Gender-based violence, Sexual Violence and so-called “Corrective” Rape ................................ 10 4. Other forms of verbal and physical violence and threats, including against human rights defenders ............................................................................................................................................ 11 B. Ensuring and protecting the rights of the ICCPR without distinction of any kind and the right to equality before the law (Articles 2(1) and 26) ................................................................................ 12 C. Attempts to criminalize same-sex sexuality ........................................................................... 14 D. Hate Speech by Religious Institutions, Public Servants, and the Press ..................................... 15 E. Violations to the Right to Freedom of Association (Article 22) ................................................ 16 IV. RECOMMENDED QUESTIONS ..................................................................................... 16 V. SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................. 17 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is a joint submission by Mouvement pour la promotion du respect et égalité des droits et santé (MOPREDS),1 Jeunialissime,2 Oasis Club Kinshasa,3 Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko,4 Mouvement pour les libertés individuelles (MOLI),5 and Synergía - Initiatives for Human Rights,6 to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (“HRC” or “the Committee”) for its consideration of DRC’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“the Covenant” or “the ICCPR”) at the 121 session taking place between October 16 and November 10, 2017. These organizations have worked together to produce this report on the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This collaborative report discusses the human rights violations against individuals because of their real or imputed sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Although DRC does not directly criminalize same-sex sexual conducts in its Penal Code, civil society organizations report that LGBT people are routinely arrested and charged under Article 176 of the Penal Code, which penalizes activities against “public decency.” Also, in the past seven years there have been several attempts by members of Parliament to pass legislation to criminalize consensual sexual relations between adults of the same-sex. Violations of the human rights of LGBT people The civil and political rights of LGBT people, or people perceived to be LGBT are systematically violated in DRC. Between July 2016 and July 2017, civil society organizations in DRC documented 93 cases of human rights violations of LGBT people in the Nord-Kivu Province (city of Goma and the two communes of Goma and Karisimbi), which include: arbitrary detentions, repetitive acts of physical violence and verbal attacks, false accusations, dead threats, blackmail and extortion, sexual violence, and discrimination within the family and the health sector, among others. Another civil society organization documented 108 human rights violations of LGBT people in South Kivu, Bukavu (Municipalities of Ibanda, Bagira and Kadutu) during 2016. Arbitrary arrests and extortion by police officers In the Democratic Republic of Congo, LGBT people and especially transgender and effeminate gay men are victims of arbitrary arrests or detentions because of their real or imputed sexual 1 MOPREDS is a community-based organization established in 2012. It was established after a bill was introduced to criminalize same-sex sexual conduct. This organization focuses on addressing human rights violations against LGBTI people, through documentation, surveys and advocacy. 2 Jeunialissime is a non-profit organization based in Kinshasa, and established on December 2, 2012. This organization seeks to change peoples’ minds around sexuality and to advocate for young people and LGBTI+ people. 3 Oasis Club Kinshasa is a non-profit organization, established on November 16, 2014, in Kinshasa. It works on the rights of lesbian, bisexual and trans people and men who have sex with men. The organization’s vision is to promote the human rights and leadership of sexual minorities. 4 Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko is a non-profit organization working to promote the rights and respect of sexual minorities (LGBTI people). It was established in October 2010 in Bukavu in a social context marked by violence and discrimination against LGBTI people. 5 MOLI was established in 2010 with the aim of promoting human rights through documentation and research on cases of abuse and violence based on actual or imputed sexual orientation and gender identity. MOLI’s vision is to ensure African communities are free from discrimination. 6 Synergía - Initiatives for Human Rights is a non-profit organization established in 2017, working to promote and protect human rights across several countries and regions in the world, with an emphasis on the human rights of marginalized groups, such as LGBTI people. Synergía focuses on institutional strengthening, security and protections, and rights and advocacy at domestic, regional and international levels. 3 orientation and/or gender identity, on the basis of Article 176 of the Penal Code. Police often extort people, asking them for money in exchange of not presenting criminal charges. In 2013, the LGBT activist Joseph S. was arrested in Bukavu on charges of promoting homosexuality. It was reported that “he was detained for four days, and during that time he was tortured and beaten by the police, and then beaten and raped by fellow inmates.” He was then released after paying the arresting officer US$400, but then his partner was also detained and tortured. In 2014, two women were arrested because they were perceived as lesbians. One of them owned a bar, and she was told the arrest was due to a violation to business regulations. But the press immediately exposed them as lesbians. Local organizations linked the arrest to the public campaign for support to the “anti-homosexuality bill” proposed by member of parliament Steve Mbikayi. Gender-based Violence and “corrective” rape Reports indicate that lesbian and bisexual women, or women perceived as lesbians, and transgender men, are systematically subjected to so-called “corrective rape” -with the purpose of punishing them for their gender expression- in DRC. Between July 2016 and July 2017, 10 cases of “corrective” rape were documented in Goma and East DRC by a local organization. S., a female journalist, declared that “in 2007, I was surrounded by a group of men, they threatened they were going to rape me, to give me the taste of men, that whatever I did I was still a woman. They beat me and raped me, but I was able to defend myself and run.” Another testimony comes from an activist: “last June, an openly homosexual girl was drugged and raped by people she knew in a peripheral neighborhood of Kinshasa.” Filmed, the images of the aggression were sent to all the neighborhood. Human Rights Defenders Between July 2016 and July 2017, a local organization registered 9 cases of serious death threats and blackmail by telephone and in person. Some of these cases concern members of the organization MOPREDS, who were the victims of death threats by phone calls and text messages. The Executive Director of MOPREDS has been personally threatened and harassed by members of the police and the ANR, questioning him at his home about his work. The Coordinator of another organization Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko, has also been harassed by members of the police. Further, in DRC, human rights defenders and activists who defend the rights of LGBT people face challenges in exercising their right to freely associate without undue interference from the State. As reported by activists in DRC most organizations are not legally registered because of registrars do not approve of organization’s bylaws which refer to working with LGBT people or sex workers. As such, organizations that are successfully registered reported citing a focus on youth development in order to gain access to registration. The lack of a legal framework protecting the rights of LGBT people
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